- 6 Main themes and how they relate to PA (5 Themes of Geography; Native Americans; Colonial/ Revolutionary Period; Transportation/ Westward Movement; Early 1800s to the present and Government) 

-  Project based learning that is centered around essential questions. Encourages inquiry in the learning process. (Students are not just given information, they discover and learn for themselves.) 

- Strategies for reading non-fiction text are taught.
Study Skills will be taught and gradually the support will be scaffolded out. (vocabulary building strategies, note taking, graphic organizers, time management)

- Assessment: independent classwork (exit slips, notebook activities), quizzes/projects (independent & mostly done in school), tests and group work activities

Concepts in Social Studies this week: 12/2-12/6

This week the children will learn about tourism and industry in the Ridge and Valley Region and the Allegheny Plateau Region. Later this week they will come home with a study guide for their next Chapter Test.

Homework:

Finish pictures and examples on vocabulary cards

Vocabulary Words:

coast
plain
port
refinery
petrochemical
lake effect
orchard
foothill
agriculture
industry
quarry
manufacture
borough
metropolitan
canal
employer
mouth
logo
ferryboat
lumber
plateau
reservoir
coal patch
heritage